Tortuguero National Park
Tortuguero National Park
Tortuguero National Park
The Tortuguero National Park is located in the Limón province of Costa Rica, in the northeastern part of the country, in the Tortuguero Conservation Area. Although it is remote and accessible only by plane or boat, it is the third most visited park in Costa Rica. The biodiversity of the park is very diverse, with eleven different habitats within the reserve, including rainforests, mangrove forests, swamps, beaches and lagoons. The park was recognized on 3 March 1991 under the Ramsar Convention for its rich biodiversity and ecosystems, which support threatened plant and animal species. The reserve is home to threatened animal species such as the American Crocodile, the Baird's Tapir, marine turtles such as Chelonia mydas and Dermochelys coriacea, the Manatee or Sea Cow and the Tropical Gar, which is protected by Costa Rican law. The park is the breeding ground for many of the main fish used in subsistence fisheries along the Caribbean coast of Costa Rica. These forests are habitat to at least four species of Costa Rican cat: jaguar, ocelot, jaguarundi and puma, and three of Costa Rica's four species of monkey, Geoffroy's Spider Monkey, the Mantled Howler and the White-Headed Capuchin. Among other species of mammals are the Three-Toed Sloth, the Paca, the Peccary, the Tapir, the White-Tailed Deer and the Armadillo. The area is home to 442 bird species, among them kingfishers, toucans, Great Blue Herons and parrots.
Tortuguero National Park
Views of Tortuguero River and Village in Costa Rica (2009)
Tortuguero National Park
Local house in Tortuguero National Park in Costa Rica (2009)
Tortuguero National Park
Images of the Caribbean coast at Tortuguero National Park in Costa Rica (2009)
Tortuguero National Park
Banded Peacock (Anartia fatima) at Tortuguero in Costa Rica (2008)
Tortuguero National Park
Peleides Blue Morpho (Morpho peleides) at Tortuguero in Costa Rica (2009)
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Peleides Blue Morpho (Morpho peleides) at Tortuguero in Costa Rica (2009)
Tortuguero National Park
Golden Orb-Web Spider (Nephila clavipes) at Tortuguero in Costa Rica (2009)
Tortuguero National Park
Golden Orb-Web Spider (Nephila clavipes) at Tortuguero in Costa Rica (2009)
Tortuguero National Park
Golden Orb-Web Spider (Nephila clavipes) at Tortuguero in Costa Rica (2009)
Tortuguero National Park
King Swallowtail (Papilio thoas) at Tortuguero in Costa Rica (2008)
Tortuguero National Park
Red-eyed Brook Frog (Duellmanohyla uranochroa) at Tortuguero in Costa Rica (2008)
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Red-eyed Brook Frog (Duellmanohyla uranochroa) at Tortuguero in Costa Rica (2008)
Tortuguero National Park
Red-eyed Brook Frog (Duellmanohyla uranochroa) at Tortuguero in Costa Rica (2008)
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Red-tailed Boa (Boa constrictor) at Tortuguero in Costa Rica (2008)
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Red-tailed Boa (Boa constrictor) at Tortuguero in Costa Rica (2008)
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Brown Basilisk (Basiliscus vittatus) at Tortuguero in Costa Rica (2008)
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Brown Basilisk (Basiliscus vittatus) at Tortuguero in Costa Rica (2008)
Tortuguero National Park
Brown Basilisk (Basiliscus vittatus) at Tortuguero in Costa Rica (2008)
Tortuguero National Park
Satiny Parrot Snake (Leptophis depressirostris) at Tortuguero in Costa Rica (2008)
Tortuguero National Park
Geoffroy's Spider Monkey (Ateles geoffroyi) at Tortuguero River
Tortuguero National Park
Bare-throated Tiger-Heron (Tigrisoma mexicanum) at Tortuguero
Tortuguero National Park
Variable Seedeater (Sporophila aurita) at Tortuguero
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Blue-gray Tanager (Thraupis episcopus) at Tortuguero
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Clay-colored Robin (Turdus grayi) at Tortuguero
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Chestnut-mandibled Toucan (Ramphastos swainsonii) at Tortuguero
Tortuguero National Park
Collared Aracari (Pteroglossus torquatus) at Tortuguero
Tortuguero National Park
Gray-capped Flycatcher (Myiozetetes granadensis) at Tortuguero
Tortuguero National Park
Yellow-bellied Elaenia (Elaenia flavogaster) at Tortuguero in Costa Rica (2009)